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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Vintage Thingie/Thrifty Thursday

If you were here earlier in the week, checking out my White Wenesday post, you saw my lamp, but did you also see what was beside it? It is a lightening rod, used earlier in this century, on top of primarily two story homes, so that instead of lightening striking the house, it would hit the rod, then follow the wire down to the ground where it would "ground" itself. It kept the home from catching on fire (hopefully). The one below is 3' tall. The reason I have them in my house, is because they have white glass "pretties" on them.

The one below is 5' tall. There are many different ones, but these days they are getting hard to find, in tact. The color, size, and shape of the "pretty" in the middle depends on who made it, and where. When we found these, the guy told my husband if he would crawl up and take them off, he could have them.

Wow, I have never seen one of these, but it really is an attractive piece. I love to learn something new on VTT....are you going to keep it in the house as decor??? Have a great VTT and a wonderful weekend.

We didn't have them but lightening rods were very prevalent in this area when I was growing up. Thanks for the reminder. Now I will have to look up and see if there are any still in place.Yours is so pretty with the white glass.

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About Me

I'm a small town girl, who grew to be a small town woman, and now is a small town "Meme" joined with my small town "Papa". We pretty much live our lives around our kids and grandkids, even though they live 6 hours away. We are in touch with them daily through the computer and would give everything in the world to be able to spend more time with them.

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I have collected milk glass in all forms, shapes and sizes since I was 12 years old when I got my first set of bedside lamps from Stanhome Products. I had to sell a case of "Degreaser" in order to earn them, and I wanted them SO BAD. I have had people make fun of me for years! I have over 100 pieces and use them every chance I get to decorate, serve, or just look at. Until I came upon Susan's blog at http://betweennapsontheporch.com/ I had never found anyone else who had the same connection with beautiful dishes or anything even close to my interests. I'm no longer the odd ball, I have found people I can relate to and am enjoying the blog world immensely! Thanks so much to all who might be out there who have inspired me to come out of the "closet"! Ha! Sandi